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The document discusses the meaning, importance, and functions of nutrition. It also covers the following key points: 1) Nutrition is the study of food and how the body uses it. It deals with food quantity, quality, and the processes of receiving and utilizing food for growth, renewal, and maintenance of body functions. 2) Nutrients found in food provide energy, build and repair tissues, and regulate body processes. They are classified by function, chemical properties, essentiality, and concentration. 3) Food nourishes the body, supplies needs, and performs physiological, psychological, and social functions. A balanced diet mixes foodstuffs to adequately provide energy, building materials, and protection.

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Introduction To Nutrition and Diet Therapy PDF

The document discusses the meaning, importance, and functions of nutrition. It also covers the following key points: 1) Nutrition is the study of food and how the body uses it. It deals with food quantity, quality, and the processes of receiving and utilizing food for growth, renewal, and maintenance of body functions. 2) Nutrients found in food provide energy, build and repair tissues, and regulate body processes. They are classified by function, chemical properties, essentiality, and concentration. 3) Food nourishes the body, supplies needs, and performs physiological, psychological, and social functions. A balanced diet mixes foodstuffs to adequately provide energy, building materials, and protection.

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Introduction to

Nutrition
1.
The Meaning and
Importance of Nutrition
Nutrition
⬩ is the study of food and how the body makes use of
it.
⬩ deals with the quantity and quality of food as well as
with the process of receiving and utilizing it for the
growth and renewal of the body and for the
maintenance of the different body functions

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Function of Nutrition

⬩ to maintain life by allowing an individual to


grow and be in a state of optimum health.

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Why is nutritional science applied to
nursing care?
⬩ Recognition of the role of nutrition in preventing diseases or
illness;
⬩ Concern for adapting food patterns of individuals to their
nutritional needs within the framework of their cultural,
economic, and psychological situations and styles; and
⬩ The awareness of the need in specified disease states to modify
nutritional factors for therapeutic purpose.

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2.
Nutrients
Nutrients
⬩ These are chemical substances found in food.
⬩ They provide heat and energy to build and repair
body tissues, and to regulate body processes
⬩ They are necessary to carry out physiological
functions.

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Classification of Nutrients
⬩ Function
> body-building
> energy – yielding
⬩ Chemical properties
> organic, inorganic
⬩ Essentiality
> significant contribution to the body’s physiological functioning.
⬩ Concentration
> macronutrients, micronutrients

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3.
Food
Food
⬩ Nourishes the body.
⬩ A vital need without which a person cannot live
⬩ It supplies heat and energy, builds and repairs body
tissues, and regulates body processes

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Functions Of Food

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1. Physiological functions of food
Energy Giving/Yielding Body Building Protective and
Regulatory
 This group includes foods rich  These foods are needed to  have regulatory functions in
in carbohydrate, fats and build the body and replace the the body eg. maintaining the
proteins to keep the body worn-out tissues. heart beat, water balance and
warm, muscles active, and  Body-building food are rich in body temperature.
various organs alert. protein such as milk and its  Protective foods are rich in
vitamins, minerals, and some
 energy-yielding foodstuff are products, egg, meat, fish,
proteins.
cereals, starchy vegetables, legumes, dried beans, peas and  Examples are milk, egg, fish,
nuts, sugar, and oils. nuts. liver, green leafy vegetables,
and fruits.

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2. Psychological Functions of food
⬩ Food must also satisfy certain emotional needs.
These include sense of security, love and attention.

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3. Social function of Food
⬩ Food is also a symbol of our social life. Sharing
food with any other person implies social acceptance
and a medium of expressing happiness.

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3.
Balance Diet
Balance Diet

 A diet in which various foodstuffs


are mixed in suitable proportions
to carry out adequately the three
functions (energy, body-building,
protective).
 Balance diet provides all nutrients
in required amounts and proper
proportions.

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